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Store and Share your Digital Creations

(SSD not included)

SeriTek

™

/6G2+2

Bootable, Four Port, Two Internal & Two External Ports,

Serial ATA 6G, PCI-Express 2.0 Host Adapter

With Port Multiplication

Macintosh User Manual

Summary of Contents for SeriTek 6G2+2

Page 1: ...and Share your Digital Creations SSD not included SeriTek 6G2 2 Bootable Four Port Two Internal Two External Ports Serial ATA 6G PCI Express 2 0 Host Adapter With Port Multiplication Macintosh User M...

Page 2: ...s for informational purposes only It is possible the content of this manual may contain technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors FirmTek assumes no liability for any errors omissions or fr...

Page 3: ...6G2 2 8 III Connecting External Enclosure s 10 IV Using Hot Swap Functionality 17 V Troubleshooting 19 VI Product Support 20 VII Product Warranty and Disclaimers 21 VIII Regulatory Compliance Stateme...

Page 4: ...al ATA port multiplier specification allows multiple hard disks to share a single port The SeriTek 6G2 2 Serial ATA adapter features 2 external port multiplier enabled ports and supports up to 5 hard...

Page 5: ...SD and HDD support Backward compatible with 3G and 1 5 Gbps devices SMART Application support for 3 rd party Macintosh utilities Supports Apple Disk Utility RAID and JBOD drive configurations Port Mul...

Page 6: ...6 x or later Ultra High Performance SATA 6G design Fully compliant with SATA Revision 3 0 specification Port multiplier support Run up to 10 drives with SeriTek 5PM Port Multiplier enclosures SATA Dri...

Page 7: ...Chassis Internal 2 5 SSD HDD and or external powered enclosure with or without port multiplication support equipped with SSD or HDD s If used in ThunderTek PX two mounting posts are needed included wh...

Page 8: ...the PCI Express slots Please refer to your computer user manual for more information about gaining access to PCI Express slots 3 Choose an empty 4x or higher PCI Express slot for installing the SeriT...

Page 9: ...is now installed Once the FirmTek driver is installed and the computer is restarted the SeriTek 6G2 2 will be recognized by Mac OS X To install the SeriTek 6G2 2 driver please follow these steps 1 Dou...

Page 10: ...ables are specially designed to work with both PC and Macintosh computers Please use FirmTek external shielded Serial ATA cables with the SeriTek 6G2 2 The original Serial ATA connectors have an L sha...

Page 11: ...2 If all storage devices connected to the SeriTek 6G2 2 have valid system partitions the drive volume s will be mounted on the desktop An icon will be displayed on the desktop for each valid disk part...

Page 12: ...have been formatted should have a volume name below their listing New unformatted disks typically have no volume name Carefully select the hard disk you wish to format Figure 6 Example hard drive lis...

Page 13: ...hard disk or Solid State Drive SSD has data on it be sure to back up any important data before clicking the Erase button Once the Erase button is pushed the selected device will be formatted for use...

Page 14: ...or will be destroyed when the mirror is created Striped RAID Set Apple Disk Utility can also be used to create a stripped RAID set This is also known as a RAID 0 configuration The hard disks should be...

Page 15: ...a RAID volume Drag and Drop Drives into the RAID Set Window 6 Repeat step 5 for each member for the RAID volume 7 Choose a RAID Scheme Stripe or Mirror 8 Name the new RAID volume 9 For Volume Format t...

Page 16: ...e 10 After reviewing the options selected click on the Create button to initialize the new RAID volume see Figure 11 Figure 11 Creating a new RAID volume 11 After the RAID volume is successfully initi...

Page 17: ...e power down the external hard drives after powering down the Macintosh computer Power on the external enclosure before powering on the Macintosh computer If a drive attached to the SeriTek 6G2 2 is u...

Page 18: ...18 Figure 12 Improperly removing External Drive s SeriTek 6G2 2 Mounted Inside ThunderTek PX...

Page 19: ...y the proper FirmTek driver is installed The SeriTek 6G2 2 driver can be found on the FirmTek CD or www firmtek com Transfer rate seems less than SATA 6G specified max of 600 Mbytes sec The 600 Megaby...

Page 20: ...ation RMA number and shipping address will be provided Please pack the SeriTek 6G2 2 in the original shipping container along with all of the original packaging including the static bag all hardware s...

Page 21: ...y with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installatio...

Page 22: ...to prevent them from being damaged Use a wrist grounding strap if you have one or regularly touch a metal part of the computer chassis such as the power supply case or a port access cover to discharg...